Chapter four shows that there is some prejudice going on among the different 'castes.' Bernard Marx feels inferior to many of the other men around him, especially Helmholtz Watson. I find the prejudice among the castes to be interesting for a few reasons. Firstly, I thought the Centre was developing human beings to all share similar characteristics to avoid conflict and instability. If so, this method seems to have done the complete opposite, as there is envy between different groups. The Gammas could be jealous of the Deltas, or the Betas of the Gammas. Take Lenina's words for instance, "I'm glad I'm not a Gamma." Furthermore, in part two, Bernard is jealous of how easily Alpha Helmholtz is able to pick up girls (640 in just 4 years), but he hides his envy.Also, I find the prejudice to be interesting because it shows that the characters possess some kind of feeling. In the previous chapter, Mond talked about how they were striving to rid of ridiculous emotions that only mess with society's flow, but this chapter shows that some may exist. Some of the women may not care about the men they are spending time with, but not everyone, as with Bernard. This shows that humans will possess some type of feelings towards the events in their life, even if they don't acknowledge them. Science doesn't have the ability to interfere with human feelings. Right?
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